Article: Have your bowling ball checked by qualified person

Are you in a slump? Want to dump that lifeless lump of a bowling ball in the river, like I wanted to jump in with mine after a miserable outing in the Joliet Area Women's Bowling Association tournament Saturday at Comet Lanes? Blame it on the lane conditions, the approaches, lane companions? No, all were fine, so that leaves me, the only one to point a finger at. So to try what? Let's turn for help to my favorite bowling writer, Tom Kouros, author of the famed "Par Bowling" book and Bowlers Journal In International columnist:

"Before anything, have your ball checked by a qualified ball technician to be sure you have a proper fit ... From week to week, your thumb will tend to vary in size. ...

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